Arleen Williams

… you’ve finished a long project.

These past two and a half years have been like no others for all of us.…

Last week I got an email that read “Congratulations! You qualified to have a chance to…

… and it’s not over yet! We began the month in Bloomington, Indiana for a family…

I’m pleased to invite you (again) to another COVID-cancelled/now rescheduled book event!  As described on the…

The “tenth” anniversary celebration of PoetryBridge is happening!  PoetryBridge, a monthly reading series in West Seattle…

The practice of keeping two journals I explored in my last post– one for personal writing, the…

Because I write, it is not uncommon to receive blank books as gifts. These books come…

November is NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. The idea is to jump start a novel by…

“Coronavirus children” by https://www.vperemen.com is licensed under CC BY 2.0 My family and I have been among the fortunate during…

Breathe, July 2021, Artwork by Tania L. Abramson I’m happy to share a recent essay titled Antiracist…

On May 11, 2021 I lost another sister. Unlike Maureen, she was not a victim of…

In February I wrote COVID & Creativity, a piece highlighting artist and friend, Veronique Burke, whose…

Many thanks to those of you who were able to attend my poetry reading last week.…

Last July I posted a short history of the PoetryBridge reading series titled A Reading Event…

This was my day: I woke at 6 am and dozed for another hour. The first…

Portland, Oregon is a city of memories. A quirky, friendly, fun city. A place for back-to-school…

Diary, journal, morning pages – like many I write (almost) daily to record my thoughts and…

As I embark on retirement, I am pleased to settle into a schedule that ensures my…

A Facebook “memory” greeted me a few weeks ago. A high school classmate had posted a…

According to Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, anxiety refers to “a painful or apprehensive uneasiness of…